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Drinking water problems in sankhu

Published on 2012-07-06 04:43:00

Although sankhu was anciently well developed and well managed city. But

Basanta Sangeet Mahotsav

Published on 2012-01-27 23:14:00

Basanta Sangeet Mahotsav (Spring Music Festival) This morning Basanta Sangeet Mahotsav (Spring Music Festival) is began with huge participation with all the people around sankhu. Its is a great celebration and showtime of our local culture. In this early march pass we enjoyed seeing almost tradition of local place sankhu. Its shows sankhu is traditionally very rich place. We have our own culture and tradition. We have our own early development and settlement of society which need to continue..

Ropai Jatra in Sankhu

Published on 2011-08-21 07:10:00

Wa;pi jya pyakhan (Ropai Jatra ) is one of the best part of one week long cow festival. In sankhu we have one week long festival which starts from cow festival. There are so many types of festivals after cow festival. They all are good and give full enjoyiment to everyone of sankhu and people who comes to this festival. In Wa;pi jya pyakhan (Ropai Jatra ) nearly everyone takes part in another age-old tradition in which the participants dress up and wear masks or without masks also they dress up [..]

Shankharapur New Municipality in Sankhu area

Published on 2011-07-27 11:12:00

The government has declared 41 new municipalities across the country through the budget speech presented in the legislature parliament Friday.The government restructured 161 Village Development Committees (VDC)s into 41 municipalities as per a recommendation from a panel led by Professor Surya Lal Amatya. The recommendation was made a decade earlier.Three municipalities – Shankharapur in Sankhu area, Karyabinayak in Bhainsepati area and Champapur in Chapagaon area – have been added in Kathma [..]

Cencus 2068 in Sankhu

Published on 2011-06-27 12:10:00

In Nepal, like in many other countries, population censuses have been taken every ten years or so. Since the first population count of 1911, nine more censuses have been conducted so far. The earlier censuses of Nepal are considered less precise as c

Maha Sivaratri

Published on 2011-02-23 20:58:00

Maha Sivaratri or Shivaratri (Great Night of Shiva or Night of Shiva) is a festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha (waning moon) of the month of Maagha (as per Shalivahana or Gujarati Vikrama) or Phal

Maghe Sankranti

Published on 2011-01-14 08:56:00

Maghe Sankranti is the beginning of the holy month of Magh, usually the mid of January. It brings an end to the ill-omened month of Poush (mid-december) when all religious ceremonies are forbidden. Even if it is considered the coldest day of the year

Yanyā Punhi

Published on 2010-09-25 08:57:00

Yanyā Punhi is a festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal. The main attraction of the festival is the procession of chariots and masked dancers representing deities and demons.Yanyā Punhi (Indra Jatra) is a holiday related to Hindu god king of

Gunhi Punhi (Janai Purnima)

Published on 2010-08-24 00:06:00

Most of the Newar festivals have special foods to offer. Looking back at the festivals they celebrate, it is not so hard to find out that they celebrate every festival according the foods they produce. All the friends and families gathered around tog

Gathe Mangal Chaturdashi

Published on 2010-08-07 21:56:00

Gathe Mangal (or Ghanta Karna Chaturdashi)This fun filled festival of the Newar of Kathmandu Valley falls during the month of July/August. It is associated with the exorcism of the devil Ghanta Karna or Gathan-Muga demon. Effigies of the demon a

Sithi Nakha

Published on 2010-06-12 11:20:00

As every country has its own festivals and way of observing them, these age-old festive-activities of course, form the culture of a country.Thus, Nepal, being the land of heady mixture of unique culture, is also a nest of diversity where 70 ethnic gr

Jogi chakkar

Published on 2010-05-11 10:56:00

Biska Jatra (festival) Sankhu

Published on 2010-04-19 09:33:13

(Yoshin dhyo sankhu)Bisket Jatra is Bhaktapur’s greatest festival and goes on for nine days. The festivity starts off with a raucous tug of war at the city centre between two neighbourhoods trying to drag the triple-roofed chariot of Bhairavnath to

Water tanks for travellers

Published on 2010-04-18 09:39:00

Front view of water tankWater Tanks for travellersIf we travel in sankhu we can find these kinds of stone tanks. As sankhu was the ancient trade route to tibet. At that time this place is the only route to easily get into tibet. So in some place

Bishworoop at Chalakhu sankhu

Published on 2010-04-15 13:12:00

This is the picture of god Bishowroop. This god is just next to the place where yoshin dyo is erected. This is the only face of the god. The whole statue is really beautiful and really well made. This is also one of the oldest statue in sankhu. The s

Fall of Yoshin dyo

Published on 2010-04-15 13:03:00

Removing pataka(the symbol of snake couple)

History of Bisket Jatra in Sankhu

Published on 2010-04-13 13:05:00

The bisket jatra is celebrated in Bhaktapur and there is intimate relation with sankhu where some part of bisket jatra is celebrated on the same way celebrated in the bhaktapur. In sankhu also a symbol of serpants a big tree pole

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